TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT – casual – ss.386, 394, 604 Fair Work Act 2009 – appeal – Full Bench – at first instance Commission concluded casual employee accepted employer’s repudiation of contract of employment – dismissed within s.386(1)(b) of FW Act – constructively dismissed – compensation ordered – appellant contended there was no repudiation of contract and Commission erred in concluding otherwise – Full Bench considered concepts of repudiation and fundamental contractual character of regular casual employment – further considered whether casual employee was dismissed – whether proposed alteration to shifts, work location and duties performed by a casual employee was a repudiation of contract by employer – whether there was a constructive dismissal – appeal upheld – no repudiation of contract by appellant – no constructive dismissal – first instance decision and order quashed – question whether of termination at the employer’s initiative remitted to another member for determination. Appeal by City of Sydney RSL & Community Club Limited against decision and order of Cambridge C of 27 July 2017 [[2017] FWC 3798] and [PR594678] Re: Balgowan

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